The Capital of Craft

Aug 27 2024 47 ep. 51 mins 53
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Welcome to The Capital of Craft, where we talk with makers and thinkers about what it means to be a maker and how it can change your life. I’m your host, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker, craft addict, maker and event producer. Please join me as we delve deep into the stories and lives of makers, of all kinds, every Thursday.

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The Capital of Craft Podcast | Jem Roberts AKA On the Wing

Aug 27 2024 54 mins  
Season 5 of The Capital of Craft, Wales Special. To celebrate Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle, I had a great conversation with Jem Roberts AKA On the Wing. Writer, poet and artist, we chat about the creative juggling act needed to persue a passion for words. Jem is our poet in residence at Craft Festival of Wales and she will be working along side Nick Hand of The Letterp

The Capital of Craft Podcast | Belinda Knott

Aug 27 2024 44 mins  
Season 5 of The Capital of Craft, Wales Special. To celebrate Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle, I was delighted to meet and chat with Belinda Knott of Pothies. We had a lovely conversation about her practise and how her love of sea swimming prompted the invention of the Cosymajig. You can meet Belinda at Craft Festival Wales from September 6-8th. www.craftfestival.co.uk Be

The Capital of Craft Podcast | Sophie Snow

Aug 27 2024 53 mins  
The Capital of Craft Season 5, Wales Special To celebrate the first Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle, I had a lovely conversation with textile artist and surface pattern designer, Sophie Snow. Born and bred near Cardigan, West Wales, Sophie lives in St Dogmaels and makes contemporary quilts. I loved hearing about her creative family and how she is passing down her passion f

The Capital of Craft Podcast | Rosa Harradine

Aug 27 2024 53 mins  
Welcome to Season 5 of The Capital of Craft: Wales Special. To celebrate the first Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle, it was a real pleasure to interview Rosa Harradine for The Capital of Craft podcast. Rosa is based in Carmarthen and makes brooms and brushes. We talk about her creative life and how she began making brooms. It's a lovely story and I hope you enjoy listening.

The Capital of Craft Podcast | Sarah Corbett

Jun 02 2024 64 mins  
The Capital of Craft 20th Anniversary of Craft Festival Season To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Craft Festival Bovey Tracey in June, here is the 4th season of The Capital of Craft hosted by me, Sarah James MBE. I am the director of Craft Festival and Find a Maker. In this podcast I chat with the inspirational and influential founder of the Craftivist Collective, Sarah Corbett.

The Capital of Craft Podcast | Margo Selby

May 23 2024 45 mins  
The Capital of Craft 20th Anniversary of Craft Festival Season To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Craft Festival Bovey Tracey in June, here is the 4th season of The Capital of Craft hosted by me, Sarah James MBE. I am the director of Craft Festival and Find a Maker. Margo Selby is one of the UK's most celebrated and successful textile artists. Back in 2008, Margo was awarded Bes

The Capital of Craft Podcast | Alex Finberg

Apr 24 2024 65 mins  
The Capital of Craft 20th Anniversary of Craft Festival Season To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Craft Festival Bovey Tracey in June, here is the 4th season of The Capital of Craft hosted by me, Sarah James MBE. I am the director of Craft Festival and Find a Maker. Alex Finberg was the recipient of Craft Festival's Making It Award 2023 and debuted at Craft Festival Bovey Tracey

The Capital of Craft Podcast | Dr Kate Strasdin

Jul 19 2023 44 mins  
The Capital of Craft LIVE from Cheltenham Town Hall: Bonus Podcast As a bonus podcast, listen to Sarah James MBE talk to Dr Kate Strasdin about her critically and commercially successful latest non-fiction book, The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes. The book is investagative journalism meets fashion and social history and is a brilliant read. Sarah and Kate talks about the fascinatin

The Capital of Craft Podcast | Keith Brymer-Jones

Jul 05 2023 56 mins  
The Capital of Craft with Keith Brymer-Jones and Marj Hogarth. To celebrate the end of our good friend, Keith Brymer-Jones', storming national tour, we are releasing a podcast to end Season 3 of The Capital of Craft. Recorded live earlier this year at Craft Festival Cheltenham at the Town Hall, Keith is in conversation with his partner Marj Hogarth, talking in great depth, with hum

The Capital of Craft Podcast | Sue Pryke

Apr 21 2023 45 mins  
Recorded Live at Craft Festival Cheltenham March 2023 The Capital of Craft Podcast with Sue Pryke Sue Pryke is an award winning homeware designer and ceramicist with over three decades of experience. Sue talks with me, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker infront of a live audience at Craft Festival Cheltenham at the Town Hall in March 2023. Sound qaulity reflects a liv